Sponsored by Sen. Campfield, SB0234 (“Classroom Protection Act”) states that grade levels pre-K through eighth grade must limit sexual eduction instruction to the biological aspect of human sexual reproduction only. SB0234 does not prohibit school counselors, nurses, or principals from counseling students on complex issues of human sexuality, provided that parents are notified.

Sponsored by Representative Steve Court and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, HB2712 mandates that public access computers in Arizona schools and libraries deploy and enforce a technology protection measure preventing minors from gaining access to materials deemed to be pornography, harmful to minors, or obscene. Under the law, schools and libraries must block questionable websites from minors and the general public, and they must publicize their policy to the public. Violators of the law lose 10 percent of state funding; schools and libraries have 60 days to comply with law after first notification of a violation.

Sponsored by Sen. Jack Johnson, Rep. Jim Gotto, et al., and signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam, SB3310/HB3621 provides for abstinence-based sex education in Tennessee public schools. Teachers or special interest groups that promote teen sexual activity are subject to legal damages, court costs, and a civil fine of up to $500.

Sponsored by Sen. Campfield, Rep. Hensley, et al., HB2009/SB0049 states, “Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no public elementary or middle school shall provide any instruction or material that discusses sexual orientation other than heterosexuality.”

Sponsored by Sen. Mary Lazich and Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, and signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker, SB237 requires schools that teach sex education to promote marriage and tell students that abstinence is the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The bill also allows schools the freedom to teach abstinence-only courses.

Sponsored by Sen. Margaret Dayton and Rep. Bill Wright, HB363 requires human sexuality instruction or instructional programs to teach and stress the importance of abstinence from all sexual activity before marriage and fidelity after marriage as the only sure methods for preventing certain communicable diseases. The bill also requires the teaching of personal skills that encourage individual choice of abstinence and fidelity. HB363 imposes certain restrictions for human sexuality instructional programs: it permits a local school board or charter school governing board to adopt abstinence only instructional materials recommended by the State Board of Education and or the school district’s or charter school’s curriculum materials review committee.

Sponsored by Rep. John Dougall and co-sponsored by then Rep. Margaret Dayton et al, and signed into law by Gov. Huntsman in 2005, HB260 established the Utah Harmful to Minors Act, a law that imposes criminal penalties for any business within the State of Utah that makes pornographic or indecent materials available to minors over the Internet. Although enjoined by a federal court, HB260 continues to exist in statute and serves as a severe threat to pornographers and left-wing groups who, in partnership with the ACLU, continue to attack the law in court.

Passed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, HB2238 makes various changes to statute involving indecent exposure, public sexual indecency, dangerous crimes against children, child prostitution and sexually violent persons. Engaging in sex with minor is a felony and results in jail time.

Act regulates sexually oriented businesses. No person shall establish a sexually oriented business within 1000 feet of a preexisting school, house of worship, state-licensed day care, public library, public park, residence, or other sexually oriented business. No person shall establish a sexually oriented business if a person with an influential interest in such business has been convicted of, or released from confinement, for certain crimes within the last eight years. This act prohibits a person from knowingly appearing nude in a sexually oriented business.